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Although he mentions it in the article, I would get rid of the "stupid" and call it "simple" in the first place because that's essentially what it's all about. IMO going with "stupid" is kind of misleading because it somehow implies the code was not only simple but also silly (that is, missing error/null checks all over the place etc.).
Like in, "stupid is as stupid does"... 
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Can someone please pass the memo on to the ISO Standard C++ committee. It seems to be their aim to write a language that makes this impossible.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Only sometimes...
When you are working with real time processes and/or slow processors that need to react as fast as possible sometimes it is not possible to make it nice looking and you need to make it "clever" (which usually ends being a mess even while you are writing it).
But mostly the idea is welcome and accepted.
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Since I like a good argument, my first question is, "stupid enough for who?" (or is that "whom"?) Stupid enough for the computer? For the manager? For the next programmer? For yourself six months later?
It's all nice to do all this hand waving, but without actual examples and best practices, I'd say the author is on a slippery slope. And given that any best practices will never be agreed upon (and impossible to enforce) and will devolve rapidly into which language and framework is "stupid enough", I honestly don't think people are mature enough to have this discussion.
So I guess I'll shut up now. 
Marc
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A whopping 93 percent of office workers engage in some form of unsafe online habits that could jeopardize their employer or their customers, a new report has shown. It's true: I hang glide while setting up new servers
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It's because we think we know (and can manage) the risks better.
It's like we're all better drivers than average. All of us.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: It's like we're all better drivers than average. All of us.
But, aren't we ? 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Hence the saying "None of us is as dumb as all of us."
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No-one in my office locks their desktop. It makes me cringe every time I walk past an unlocked computer.
I keep thinking I should teach them a lesson, like switch the mouse buttons, apply some wacky theme, turn the resolution to the lowest possible and generally confuse the hell out of them. but then they'd probably come to me asking me if I can help to fix it.
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I remember when I was younger managing to switch the orientation of everyone's mouse (Control Panel in Windows 3.11 used to allow this, for some reason), so that the mice had to be held sideways to use it.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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I get a laugh every time I remember reading this:
The last time I did that, my coworker made a Boromir meme,
"One does not simply leave their workstation unlocked",
rotated the image 180 degrees,
set it as my background,
printscreened it and set the printscreen as my desktop background,
then he rotated the desktop itself by 180 degrees,
deleted all my shortcuts,
set the taskbar to autohide and let me sit there confused as to why I couldn't click anything for like 10 minutes
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Beat me to it, my favourite form of payback. The other one is the loosen the network cable so it looks connected.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Put a bit of transparent tape over the network cable contacts and then shove it back into the plug until it click locks in place.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Transparent tape over the camera in the mouse is also good for a giggle. Childish, but fun.
You just need the slightest fingerprint or spec of dust and the mouse firmware seems to concentrate on it. A tiny hair also does the trick and is considerably harder to detect. 
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Employees said SunTrust requires laid-off IT workers to be available to help by phone or in person -- without additional pay. How many elephants fit in the reply? (Or Fs for those who don't read Loungese)
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A single one is already so much expressive by itself ^^
I never finish anyth
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Well certainly dears! We can come over the weekends to keep your children too, or maybe even go do your grocery? How about that?
modified 22-Oct-15 17:10pm.
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Don't give them new ideas! Right?
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That seems highly illegal. But there is an equally fair way to play that... consistently give bad advice during the 'on call'. It won't take long for them to stop calling.
A headhunter wanted me to go to SunTrust many years back because of unique skillset I have. I refused because I had heard about bank reputations in the past! Not to mention, that unique skill was a miserable programming language I will never use again 
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While I can see that, if I leave a company on my decision, that the company might want to contract me for any transition stuff that didn't get taken care of during my 2 week notice, but requiring laid-off workers to be available, without pay? Why lay them off then? And not to pay them? They can't be getting that good of a severance package, their just IT!
SunTrust Banks in Atlanta is laying off about 100 IT employees as it moves work offshore.
Lovely. Adding insult to injury, their losing their jobs to outsourcing, which has been shown to be ineffective at reducing costs except for a short term "it looks better on the books to the stock holders."
I think everyone should withdraw their money / assets from this pathetic bank. Let's see what they have left to pay their "offshore" people then, not to mention their undoubtedly huge C-level compensation packages. BOYCOTT!!!!
Marc
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A company only tries a hail-Mary pass when it is losing the game and running out of time - I'd say shorting their stock looks like a good idea at this stage...especially when you see the company has been doing a lot of share buybacks (which artificially and temporarily shore up the price)
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That sounds highly illegal to me. I'm sure more will come out of this. I know of people who were forced to train their H1B replacements - talk about awful. I would walk away.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
-- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian
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It's part of a severance agreement and, because this is a newspaper who just wants to stir things up and get page views, they don't provide the full story.
No employee needs to sign the agreement. They are being terminated and they are entitled to whatever severance package is required by law. No one can take that away from them. It may, however, be pitiful, especially in the States.
A severance package typically provides more compensation in exchange for something above and beyond what the law requires. At this point the bank is offering to pay employees more if they agree to provide more services. No one is being forced to do anything.
Now: take the rose coloured glasses off and you'll probably find that the bank will pay the absolute minimum to those who don't agree. Maybe a couple of weeks pay. Further, maybe what the bank is offering as a top-up is minimal and not worth it. Maybe it's generous. Who knows. I'm guessing it's probably not overly generous.
And then there's the issue of fairness. A contract isn't enforceable if it's simply ridiculous. You can't offer someone $5K extra and then have them come in 3 days a week for 2 years to help transition. Any court in the land would throw that out, and it would be up to the bank to sue someone for not turning up to work. Sure - they may resort to scare tactics - but doing so would invite counter-suits and I think there are one or two spare lawyers in the US who would love to step in and fight that one pro-bono.
All in all it's a story about arrogance and stupidity, not about people being tied to a rock.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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